February 2011

Or, more to the point, “How can you eat that stuff?!” That’s the question I “asked” a friend the other day. (“Asked” doesn’t do justice to the amount of eye-rolling that accompanied the “question”). He watches the Food Network regularly, enjoys fine dining, and loves to cook. Yet he also craves and perhaps more importantly, claims to thoroughly enjoy the occasional McDonald’s Big Mac. Keep reading…

I’m always doing something while I eat – reading, watching a movie, etc. (Yah I know, spare me the lecture). While eating these ribs, I literally wasn’t able to focus on anything else – they were that good. The ribs were fatty and gooey, and the flavors were very rich. Anyways, that’s what was on the paleo / primal batch cooking menu last week.

One of the best ways to take charge of your health is to prepare your own food. I happen to really enjoy cooking, but in the grand scheme of things, I don’t spend all that much time in the kitchen. That’s because for the past couple of years, I’ve been batch cooking the majority of my meals once a week. This approach has worked so well for me that I have a hard time imagining going back to cooking daily. Here are 5 reasons why I think you’ll love batch cooking as much as I do:

There are many great things about living in Vancouver. One that’s often overlooked is its proximity to the US border. Cross-border shopping isn’t new to me, but it was only recently that I actually stepped foot inside an American Whole Foods and a Trader Joe’s. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t slightly jealous. Keep reading…